Microbial Cell

Microbial Cell is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes exceptionally relevant research works that implement the use of unicellular organisms (and multicellular microorganisms) to understand cellular responses to internal and external stimuli and/or human diseases. Thus, the topics covered in Microbial Cell are as heterogeneous as cell death (including apoptosis, necrosis, autophagic death), aging, autophagy, stress response, nutrient signalling, unicellular metabolism, cell host and microbe interactions, or plant/fungal interaction. Further topics include but are not restricted to the microbiome, disease and behaviour, infection, evolution of multicellularity and quorum sensing, biofilm formation, antibiotics, bacteria, archaea, fungi, eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses, pathogenicity, gene expression and regulation, biotechnology, microbial factories, cell biology and signaling pathways, microbial ecology, evolution and gene transfer, membranes, traffic, vesicle fusion, lipids, and novel techniques. The publication is intended for international scientists, educators and policy makers as well as for any individual around the world interested in the indirect (e.g. in vivo modeling) and direct (e.g. infection treatments) applicability of results obtained in the unicellular research community.